DEEPAK KUMAR CHOPRA vs UNION OF INDIA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 22.05.2025 W.P.(C) 11868/2024 DEEPAK KUMAR CHOPRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Deepak Kumar Chopra, Adv. in person versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Chetan Sharma (ASG) along with Mr. Ripudaman Bhardwaj (CGSC), Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. Kushagra Kumar, Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Mr. Urja Pandey, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA SACHIN DATTA, J. (ORAL) 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner being aggrieved by the order issued by the respondent / Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of Legal Affairs vide notification / order no. J/110017/26/2023- judicial dated 13.03.2024 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘impugned notification’), which pertains to the empanelment of Advocates for conducting central government litigation before the High Court of Delhi, the Central Administrative Tribunal (PB), the Armed Forces Tribunal (PB), and various district and subordinate courts in Delhi. 2. It is submitted that the impugned notification is liable to be set aside for the reason that the same has been issued without issuing any notification/advertisement or without inviting applications from the advo